The Casco Bay Estuary
Partnership (CBEP) supports environmental education events for primary
and secondary school children in the Casco Bay watershed. In addition
to successful events like the Southern Maine Children's Water Festival
and the national Envirothon competition, CBEP supports outreach by the
Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, which develops
water-related curriculum materials, works with local teachers to adapt
materials to their needs, and helps deliver those materials to students
in the classroom. Together, our partners' environmental education
efforts reach more than 1,000 students a year and help train future
stewards of the Bay. They also indirectly reach thousands of families
in the watershed and help encourage a community-wide sense of
stewardship for the Bay.